Dickinson Awards

Dickinson College Arts Award

"My Mother and I Watch a Pig Escape From the Slaughterhouse," 2006, oil on canvas

The college's Arts Award honors an individual or group's outstanding contribution to the creative or performing arts. Each recipient spends several days in residence at Dickinson, sharing talents and ideas with the college community. The Arts Award was initiated by the Dickinson faculty and endowed in 1959 by gifts from members of the Board of Trustees. It was named in honor of William W. Edel, president of the college from 1946 to 1959.